He has good a good turn of foot and he tries his guts out,’’ Milligan said. “As long as he jumps cleanly, he will be in the first two or three I think. Shihab is every chance to atone for his luckless “away run” when he revs up in the Mid Coast Automotive Class 3 Handicap (1600m). “He was slow out and he didn’t see much daylight until the last hundred yards but he finished off nice.’’ “The plan was to jump out and be running third or fourth with the run of the race. “It was unfortunate because Zac (Wadick) had a spill at the barriers the day before at Taree and he couldn’t ride him and he knows the horse inside out. “It was a wasted trip in the end but that’s racing. Shihab, a $320,000 Chris Waller purchase at the Magic Millions Sale in 2021, posted a win and two seconds from his first four runs for Milligan, prompting a trip south to Sydney for the TAB Highway on $2m ATC Hill Stakes day at Rosehill. Leading local trainer Glen Milligan is hoping Zoustar gelding Shihab has no residual bad luck left over from his drama-charged first TAB Highway attempt when he runs out at home at Taree on Friday. : My apprentice Mollie (Fitzgerald) is riding him so we get the four off him.’’ Shihab can atone at home : Third-up, 1600m, drawn one, he will roll forward from out there if not lead and he’ll be hard to beat “The winner of this race qualifies for the Taree Cup which is 2000m on his home track,’’ Ball said. On top of that, two of those were over the same distance as Friday’s 2023 Krambach Sprint (1250m).īall has an opportunity to pair up Friday’s Krambach Sprint and Krambach Cup with Strobbing lining-up in the mile race. Xtra Approval has won five races in total, three of those have been at Taree. “He will be right on that target for this one.’’ “He has drawn one and with Bucko back on he should just jump and be either in front or behind the leader and hopefully he can get them. “He got held up and (jockey) Jenny Duggan said the same thing. “There is no doubt in my mind that he should have won the other day,’’ Ball said. The form guide says he finished last of the 11 runners but Ball is having none of that. Tony Ball says Bantarki will be hard to beat at Taree on Friday. “He will begin and he should be in the first three if not in front.’’ “This week, back to the 1250m, he will be very, very hard to beat with the gun (Aaron Bullock) on. “It was an ideal race for him at his home track and I just thought he could pick it up but he was two strides from getting them,’’ the trainer remarked. “He can run 1400m, he just got beat at Port over 1500m.’’īantarki only has to go 1250m on Friday which Ball said is a much better fit for the son of $1.5m yearling Sooboog at this point in time.īantarki was rolled as the $2.10 favourite at Taree on October 6 but by an ever decreasing margin in the 1000m scamper. “There is a Highway coming up but his main ambition is the Country Championships in February,’’ Ball said. Tony Ball’s flashy chestnut Bantarki can pick up another healthy cheque and bank some crucial benchmark points at the same time when he opens proceedings on Friday’s Krambach Cup and Sprint card at Taree.īorn and raised at Torryburn Stud, Bantarki has raced 10 times with two wins and four placings ahead of Friday’s Royal Hotel Class 2 Plate (1250m).
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